Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 20:18:

• Kupsabiny: “But instead of doing that to them I said to their children in the desert that: Do not go near these things that your fathers were doing and/or be disgraced on account of what they worshipped.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “I told their children there in the desolate-place/desert, ‘You do- not -follow the regulations/statutes and ways of your parents, and do- not -let- yourselves -get-dirty/become-unclean by worshipping their little-gods.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “I said to their children, ‘Do not do the things that your parents continually did, or defile yourselves byworshiping their idols.” (Source: Translation for Translators)